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and incest. 791 It was the priests’ intention to invalidate the Mother
Goddess’ religious axiom that motherhood is more diving than
fatherhood. 792
The kerm-oak or Holly Oak is an evergreen twin of the common
oak called Dann or Tann, and is the equivalent of the Gaulish word for
Oak, Tinne. 793 Tinne is also the name of the Green Knight who appeared
in the old English Christmas Play. He is the beheaded Fool who rises
unhurt. 794 This represents the survival of the Roman festival of
Saturnalia, which is the ancient myth of the emasculation of Uranus by
his son Cronos or Saturn. In turn, Zeus or Jupiter, who is the son of
Cronos, exacts vengeance upon his father by banishing him to the
Western Underworld. 795
The little rough gall-apples on the oak leaves are called gall, or in
Latin Galla. Galla in Sumerian means womb. It also describes the KUR
who are spirits of the underworld. 796 The word Galla also suggests
galena, which is lead sulfate (PbS).
The ancient Egyptians knew of galena and used it along with
stibnite as cosmetic eyeliner and eye shadow. 797 They mined it at Gebel
Rasas, which means Mountain of Lead. It is located at the southern edge
of the Nubian Desert on the Red Sea. This is now in modern Sudan, three
hundred and eight kilometers east of Atabora. 798
The mineral galena is the primary source of lead or Saturn. The
alchemical importance of galena is that it is auriferous (bears gold) and
produces considerable amounts of antimony when it is refined. Other
impurities include copper, zinc, silver, arsenic and selenium.
In Chapter 8, we saw that in Harran the Temple of Saturn was
hexagonal and built of black stone. The cult image was of lead. Its
throne was on the highest dais, which had nine steps. 799 The mineral of
lead is certainly appropriate for the Saturn Regime or Dry method.
Chapter 7 mentioned that Shakespeare concealed Portia, the Virgin of
Merchant of Venice, in lead. Isis’ column at Nysa in Arabia also
recorded:
I am the eldest daughter of Saturn, most ancient of Gods…
This circumstantial evidence suggests that the prima materia we
are searching for is quite likely to be galena, the mineral of lead sulfide.
However, before we settle on galena as the prima materia of the wet
method, we need to identify the link with the ram.
Lead and tin have always been closely associated. The Egyptians
regarded lead and tin as the same metal. Yet, Egyptian tombs often
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